HRC GOES VIRAL

In the weeks before two landmark marriage equality cases reached the United States Supreme Court in 2013, the Human Rights Campaign—in partnership with dozens of other fair-minded organizations—launched groundbreaking coalition efforts to lift up the nationwide conversation around marriage. The results exceeded our highest hopes.

Hundreds of prominent American companies, dozens of leading Republicans, and President Barack Obama each filed historic amicus briefs to the Court in support of equal marriage. Five U.S. Senators announced their support for marriage equality in a 72 hour period. Thousands gathered outside the U.S. Supreme Court in support of equal justice under the law. A graphic on what's at stake at the Supreme Court became HRC's most retweeted Tweet in history. And a simple red HRC logo took over Facebook, quadrupled traffic to HRC.org, and came to symbolize a transformative moment for equality.

On April 28, 2015, the Supreme Court will again hear oral arguments as they prepare to decide whether the U.S. Constitution allows for states to discriminate against same-sex couples by denying them the right to marry or refusing to recognize their marriages performed in jurisdictions where they are legal.

While the historic Supreme Court cases in 2013 (United States v. Windsor and Hollingsworth v. Perry) struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act and brought marriage equality back to California, the current case before SCOTUS has the potential to allow for nationwide marriage equality.

Check back with www.HRC.org/SCOTUS for more breaking marriage news, because love can’t wait.

Celebrity Engagement

From actors to musicians and athletes to TV personalities, dozens of celebrities shared the modified HRC logo or supportive messages about marriage equality with their millions of followers on social media. “It's about TIME!!! #EQUALITY #MarryWhoYouLove,” said Beyoncé, posting the HRC logo to her more than 44 million followers. Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons changed his Twitter profile photo and tweeted, “Love is love. Strike down #DOMA,” to his more than 2.5 million followers.

HRC Logo Memes

An astonishing number of equality supporters created their own remixes of the HRC logo. View a slideshow of some of our favorite memes here. Still can't get enough? Visit Red4Equality on Tumblr for hundreds more.